Better breathing

The Brief

Welcome back, Wellworthy readers.

Most of us don't think about breathing during a workout, but it might be shaping how you move, perform, and recover.

In Pilates, every movement starts with the breath: inhale, exhale, control. Stick with it long enough and you realize breathing is the work.

The rise of low-impact training isn’t just a shift away from intensity — it’s a movement toward deeper body awareness, revealing how breath control shapes posture, muscle activation, and endurance.

Now, that principle is spreading. From cyclists to yogis to HYROX competitors, breathwork is becoming a performance enhancer.

Here’s what’s inside this issue:

• The breathwork principles that make Pilates so effective

• Simple breathing cues that can upgrade how you train

• Plus: Sweetgreen's macro tracker, Dua Lipa's skincare launch, and a one-shot cholesterol drug
  

— Here we go!
Jake, Joana & Ash — Team Wellworthy

The Breakdown

When Joseph Pilates developed his method in the 1920s, he framed breath as the link between mind and body. A century later, that idea feels more relevant than ever — especially as more people prioritize moving better, not just faster.

Low-impact training teaches you how to move from your breath, not just through. It's what makes Pilates so effective: better posture and muscle tone start with learning how to breathe correctly.

Now, that approach is shaping how we think about performance, recovery, and even longevity.

Why it matters

Breath controls your nervous system. When you breathe with intention, you train your body to stay calm under effort, deliver oxygen where it’s needed, and support every movement from a stable, engaged core.

What you can do

• Exhale on effort. In any exercise, breathe out during the hardest part — or the “work” of the movement. It reinforces core engagement and stability.

• Practice slow belly breathing. Inhale through your nose, let your belly rise, and exhale twice as long.

• Test your CO₂ tolerance. After a normal exhale, hold your breath and time it until you need to inhale. Under 20 seconds is low; 25–40 is optimal.

The takeaway: Breath training isn't woo-woo, it’s functional. Pilates and low-impact methods teach it well, but you can apply it to any workout. Paying attention to how you breathe, and movement becomes even more effective.

Meet the bedtime snack that supports sleep

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Just Dropped

New products and drops spotted → 

Supplements & nutrition

Soar launches the Soar Bar, a creatine-infused protein bar built for performance. Each bar has 20g of protein and a full 5g of creatine monohydrate — the same dose recommended athletes take daily — in a Fudge Brownie flavor that Soar promises melts in your mouth. Shop Soar.

Monster steps into the female-focused energy space with FLRT, a zero-sugar line with no artificial colors and 200mg of caffeine per can. It launches in four flavors — Strawberry Fling, Guava Lava, Berry Tempting, and Sunset Squeeze — and with Monster’s reach, it’s set to give Alani Nu and Bloom some real competition next year. Coming 2026.

Moonbrew turned its cult-favorite nighttime hot cocoa mix into Sleep Gummies, blending magnesium, L-theanine, and tart cherry to help you unwind before bed. The same dreamy, calm experience, just in a chewable form. Get them here.

Alice Mushrooms launches Zen X, a functional 72% dark chocolate bar made to help you find your calm. Each square blends nootropics and mushrooms like reishi, tremella, rhodiola, L-theanine, and magnesium to ease stress without making you drowsy. As if we needed another reason to eat chocolate. Get it here.

The Cycle puts hormonal wellness front and center. Its new PMS Relief and Period Relief drinks blend Omega-7 and adaptogenic herbs to ease cramps, bloating, and mood shifts — finally, functional wellness that includes menstrual health. Shop now.

Beauty & skincare

Dua Lipa x Augustinus Bader is here. The three-piece collection pairs Bader’s TFC8® technology with Dua’s love of simple, on-the-go routines. Built for dewy skin, late nights, and easy mornings. Shop the collection.

LIT brings red light therapy to home wellness with its new Beauty Box — a full-spectrum infrared sauna with 660nm and 850nm wavelengths for skin recovery, mood, and muscle repair. It fits standard outlets and assembles in under an hour, making it a solid upgrade from the basic setup. See it here.

Smart health tech

Sweetgreen launched a new macro tracking tool that lets you see real-time protein, carb, and fat breakdowns as you build your bowl in their app. It’s part of the brand’s bigger push into the “protein era,” after increasing chicken and tofu portions by 25% entrees earlier this year. Check it out on the app. 

Wyze's new Scale Ultra BodyScan brings pro-level body composition tracking home. With eight electrodes and a built-in handle, it measures your arms, legs, and torso separately for a more detailed picture of your health. The 4.3-inch display shows 13 body metrics, including visceral fat and muscle mass. Shop Wyze.

Electrokare makes real-time hydration tracking a thing. The new wearable reads sodium, potassium, calcium, and magnesium levels through your sweat — no blood, no needles. It’s real-time insight into what your body actually needs to stay balanced. Join the beta.

Performance & apparel

Vuori heads to the mountains with its first-ever ski collection. The Taika Snow Shell anchors the collection with waterproof NetPlus® fabric, AquaGuard® zippers, and fully taped seams for all-weather protection. Check it out. 

Set Active’s latest drop, The League, channels a collegiate aesthetic through elevated everyday pieces. The collection blends the brand’s signature minimal design with sporty, varsity-inspired details — think bold stripes, classic silhouettes, and clean contrasts. Shop the collection.

Aviron brings gaming energy to core workouts with the Abs Hero, a motion-tracking plank trainer that syncs to mobile games. The device connects through Aviron’s app to turn planks into interactive challenges, tracking progress, rewards, and live competitions with other users. Shop Abs Hero.

On Our Radar 

What's moving in wellness this week → 

Extreme home fitness is back. BODi is launching P90X Generation Next in February 2026 with Super Trainer Waz Ashayer, bringing back the intensity that defined at-home training in the 2000s. It’s a bet that there's still demand for short, results-driven workouts — and who better to do it than the brand that built the category?

Fitness data gets context. Spartan partnered with precision-health platform Joi + Blokes to launch Project 300, tracking 300 athletes over 200 days with biomarker testing across hormones, inflammation, and metabolic health. It's bringing the kind of clinical-grade testing elite athletes use to everyday competitors — not just with more data, but guidance on what it actually means and what to do about it.

FDA removes black box warning from HRT. After more than 20 years, the FDA is lifting the broad warnings on hormone replacement therapy for menopause. The original warnings were based on a 2002 study using outdated formulations. For millions of women, this could restore access to evidence-based treatment for hot flashes, sleep issues, and bone loss they've avoided for decades.

One shot to cut cholesterol in half. Early trial results show a one-time gene-editing drug that cuts cholesterol levels in half after a single dose. It's still early (long-term safety remains the big question), but with about a quarter of U.S. adults living with dangerously high LDL, this could shift how we think about managing this chronic disease: not daily management, but a one-time fix.